Biography
Chris-Pin Martin (born Ysabel Ponciana Chris-Pin Martin Paiz, November 19, 1893 – June 27, 1953) was an American character actor whose specialty lay in portraying comical Mexicans, particularly sidekicks in The Cisco Kid film series. He acted in over 100 films between 1925 and 1953, including over 50 westerns. Martin was born in Tucson, Arizona, when that was still a territory, the son of Toro "Bull" Martin, a Yaqui indian, and Florencia Paiz, a woman of Mexican descent. of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. He started working in Hollywood in 1911, as an extra for Universal Studios, and also worked as a recruitment agent ("runner") for hiring Latino and Latina extras needed for specific films at Hollywood studios.In 1922, Martin produced a film, Tepee Love, a romance, starring Martin and Dolores Contreras. The film played in Glendale, California, and Burbank, California, in 1922; a second film project never was finished. By 1925, Martin had become a frequent, although unnamed character, in silent movies. His roles were as a bumbling or slow comedic character who spoke in broken English.
Martin's most remembered western film role was in nine of the Cisco Kid films playing the Kid's sidekicks Gordito and in the later films Pancho. He also appeared in the John Ford classic Stagecoach (1939) with John Wayne. He was credited in his films by other names, including Chrispin Martin, Chris King Martin, Chris Martin, Cris-Pin Martin, and Ethier Crispin Martini.ud
Martin was adept in both drama and comedy, in films like the melodramatic The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) as "Poncho" the Mexican who reluctantly becomes a part of a lynch mob and a contrite confessor. In A Millionaire for Christy (1951) Martin plays a brief but memorable role as "Manolo", a Mexican who knows no English.
Filmography
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Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
Ride the Man Down (1952)
A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
The Lady from Texas (1951)
Rimfire (1949)
Mexican Hayride (1948)
Belle Starr's Daughter (1948)
Blood on the Moon (1948)
The Return of Wildfire (1948)
Captain from Castile (1947)
King of the Bandits (1947)
Robin Hood of Monterey (1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
Suspense (1946)
San Antonio (1945)
Along Came Jones (1945)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
Gun to Gun (1944)
The Sultan's Daughter (1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
American Empire (1942)
Undercover Man (1942)
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942)
Week-End in Havana (1941)
Ride on Vaquero (1941)
The Bad Man (1941)
Romance of the Rio Grande (1941)
Charter Pilot (1940)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
The Gay Caballero (1940)
Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
Viva Cisco Kid (1940)
Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939)
The Llano Kid (1939)
Espionage Agent (1939)
The Fighting Gringo (1939)
Frontier Marshal (1939)
The Girl and the Gambler (1939)
Code of the Secret Service (1939)
The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)
Frontier Pony Express (1939)
Rough Riders' Round-up (1939)
Stagecoach (1939)
Flirting with Fate (1938)
Tropic Holiday (1938)
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
Born to Be Wild (1938)
Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
The Hurricane (1937)
Boots and Saddles (1937)
A Star Is Born (1937)
The Bold Caballero (1936)
A Tenderfoot Goes West (1936)
The Gay Desperado (1936)
Captain Blood (1935)
Okay, José (1935)
The Cactus Kid (1935)
La Cucaracha (1934)
Chained (1934)
Rawhide Mail (1934)
Lazy River (1934)
Heat Lightning (1934)
Four Frightened People (1934)
The California Trail (1933)
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
Flaming Gold (1932)
The Broken Wing (1932)
Girl Crazy (1932)
South of Santa Fe (1932)
Safe in Hell (1931)
The Cisco Kid (1931)
Transgression (1931)
Strangers May Kiss (1931)
Billy the Kid (1930)
Wings of Adventure (1930)
The Big House (1930)
Where East Is East (1929)
Across to Singapore (1928)
The Crowd (1928)
The Gaucho (1927)
The Gold Rush (1925)
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GenderMale
Birthday1893-11-19
Deathday1953-06-27 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceTucson, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsYsabel Ponciana Chris-Pin Martin Paiz, Chris Pin Martin, Chrispin Martin, Cris-Pin Martin, Crispen Martin, Chris Martin, Chris King Martin, Ethier Crispin Martini, Крис-Пин Мартин
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